Stride, Inc. vs PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORP, two Education stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where LRN and PRDO diverge most: on debt / equity, LRN reads 0.26 and PRDO reads 0.00; on revenue growth, LRN reads +5.0% and PRDO reads +12.7%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What PRDO's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | LRN | PRDO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $85.50 | $33.71 |
| Market cap | $3.6B | $2.1B |
| Sector | Education | Education |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 12.0 | 12.3 |
| P/B | 2.18 | 2.07 |
| P/S | 1.41 | 2.50 |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.6 | 8.0 |
| Revenue growth | +5.0% | +12.7% |
| Gross margin | 34.2% | — |
| Operating margin | 16.6% | 25.7% |
| Net margin | 13.4% | 20.6% |
| Return on equity | 20.7% | 17.1% |
| Return on assets | 13.9% | 13.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 17.4% | 16.1% |
| FCF yield | 12.2% | 10.2% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.26 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 5.94 | 4.69 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.22 | 8.19 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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